Part-time work can be full-time trouble
There's part time - and then there's the shift that Olivia Smith-Bey, 20, said she worked Wednesday at McDonald's. A stunning 56 minutes. "I got there at 2 p.m. and clocked in," she said. "Not even an...
View ArticleDwight Evans shows he still has the political touch
People are suddenly asking Dwight Evans for lottery picks. That happens when you are two-for-two betting long on the most important political offices in Pennsylvania. In back-to-back elections, the...
View ArticleExecutive course: Golf Association of Philadelphia's director talks business...
Interview enough chief executives and patterns emerge: They like to wake up early and write short e-mails, and are scheduled to the max. And many enjoy golf, which seems contradictory, given their time...
View ArticleNorth Camden Little League is one of city's success stories
First in an occasional series. Anthony Player crossed Erie Street, holding his 5-year-old son's hand as the baseball diamonds at North Camden's Pyne Poynt Park came into view. Giovanni was starting to...
View ArticleHealth insurance on the line
After countless hours of courtroom argument, dozens of briefs, and seemingly endless legal maneuvering, the fate of President Obama's Affordable Care Act comes down to the meaning of six simple words....
View ArticleGizmo Guy: Cleaning Power
People often seem surprised when Gizmo Guy tells them he enjoys cleaning house. With the proper gadgets, the work goes fast, returns are gratifying, and brain power needed is zilch. Cleaning up is...
View ArticleThe new 'Breakfast Club'
This ain't no friendly turf battle. It's an all-out war for customers who love breakfast when they want it, how they want it, with restaurant promotions such as all-day breakfast. Golden Corral Buffet...
View ArticleDebt Rights
Older Americans now carry debt well into retirement. And debt collectors are circling. Just ask Shirley Latham, 70, of Northern Liberties. She had to file a complaint with the federal Consumer...
View ArticleTourists 'like' Philadelphia to tune of $10.4 billion in 2014
Leisure travelers "like" us - enough to generate $10.4 billion in economic impact in 2014, according to the Philadelphia region's leisure tourism marketing agency, Visit Philadelphia. In its annual...
View Article223,000 jobs added in April, Labor Department reports
Employers' payrolls nationwide grew by 223,000 people in April, while the unemployment rate dropped slightly from 5.5 percent the previous month to 5.4 percent, the lowest rate since May 2008, the U.S....
View ArticleOSHA cites Delco contractor for repeat violations
A Havertown building contractor cited after two workers were injured when they came in contact with power lines, has been cited again by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health...
View ArticleChester County committee cited in Convention Center lawsuit
In the world of politics, the Chester County Democratic Committee is hardly a juggernaut. At the end of 2014, it had just $3,194.99 in its coffers and, despite its efforts, has managed to elect only...
View ArticleU.S. jobless rate falls in June to lowest point in 7 years
With the nationadding 223,000 jobs in June and the U.S. Department of Labor reporting Friday the unemployment rate's decline to 5.3 percent - the lowest since April 2008 - that should have been widely...
View ArticleChester firm a millennial success
It wasn't Google, Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, or Zappos - none of these high-profile new-age companies nabbed the top spot on Fortune Magazine's first-ever list of best workplaces for millennials....
View ArticleClearing the record
A "How They Voted" box with a story Friday on Philadelphia City Council action incorrectly stated how two Council members voted on a bill to raise the city's parking tax. Kenyatta Johnson voted against...
View ArticleActivists protest outside Phila. Fed, seeking a say in Plosser's replacement
Seeking a voice in the process to select a new president for the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, two dozen activists protested outside the bank in Center City Monday. "The Fed is such a mystery....
View ArticleSeen this one before
The state Supreme Court is beset by feuding and allegations. The judicial discipline system puts in another poor showing. An outgoing justice calls for doing away with Pennsylvania's judicial...
View Article6 building trade unions settle contracts
With construction going on around the city and building projects on the rise, six of the city's building trade unions settled contracts Thursday designed to make them more marketable in the suburbs....
View ArticleWolf picks heads of Human Services, Health, Drugs/Alcohol and Physician General
Gov.-elect Tom Wolf added to his cabinet Saturday, choosing Ted Dallas, currently the secretary of the Maryland Department of Human Resources, to be his secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of...
View ArticleTeamsters raising a glass to Gov.-elect Wolf
They might not like Yuengling. But the Teamsters evidently are drunk in love with Gov.-elect Tom Wolf. A day after State Rep. Mike Vereb (R., Montgomery) said that Wolf's inauguration planners were...
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